The Age-Old Question in Figure Skating: How Old Is Too Old?
After barely missing out on the Olympic team four years ago, Bell continued to skate in the face of all the naysayers that tried to call her over the hill. It didn't matter that the crowd favorite would be a full decade older than Lipinski or Zagitova when they won their Olympic gold medals, only that she still had the inner passion of a teenager.
Over the past three decades, and especially the past three Olympic cycles, more and more focus has gone toward the ability to land gravity-defying jumps. The must-have skill for women to compete in Pyeongchang were the standard triple jumps — the salchow, loop, lutz and toe loop; the best skaters in Beijing will need to land quads.
“I mean, quads are definitely important,” Liu said, “but I feel like it's not just the jumps that are important. It's everything else: the spins and your programs and your other jumps. They're important, but I feel like people can get by without them as well. There's a lot of great skaters out there that don't have quads.
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